[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #4480: Event API returns date/time information without timezone

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#4480: Event API returns date/time information without timezone
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 Reporter:  Rarst        |       Owner:  iandunn
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  high         |   Milestone:
Component:  Events API   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |
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Comment (by Rarst):

 Not sure about names for the new fields, if they will hold timestamps they
 might be better named as such? Seems confusing that `date` field is a
 string, but `date_utc` is a timestamp. `timestamp` and `timestamp_end`
 maybe?

 `strotime()` for reversing timestamps is flawed and we are removing it in
 core. Is there now better time zone information than seconds offset to
 use?

 For more robust example [https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-
 develop/blob/c20372e0aa6d82fb4fdd65ed921d843b7fff6177/src/wp-
 includes/functions.php#L184-L191 see `date_i18n()`] (except time zone
 would be event, not site in this case).

 Also I still would like to see API response contain event time zone
 somewhere, if it's now available? That's just meaningful to have, even if
 core won't use it right now.

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